Message-ID: <v01550100af32281cce95@[207.38.252.63]> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 11:13:42 -0500 From: Max Freund <mailto:mfreund@INTERPORT.NET> Subject: Re: Indigestion To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
>At 06:37 PM 2/13/97 -0500, mailto:bmurphy@PIPELINE.COM wrote:
>>
>>I just trashed THIRTY postings from the theory/thermodynamics/etc crowd.
>>
>>I thought there was a consensus -- supported by the list manager -- that
>>such postings were off-topic and should be carried on directly among
>>participants.
>>
>>Or did I imagine that? Another couple of days of this and I'm outta here.
>
>I am also weary of trashing postings. What will it take for the participants
>to take their debate off-line, as was requested and (I also thought) agreed
>to? The nature of the discussions of praxis or theory or entropy or
>thermodynamics demonstrate disrespect for those inside and outside of the
>debate.
>
>I believe that this list has potential for promoting international
>cooperation in development, but a hijack seems to be in progress.
>
>Yvonne Sobers
Personally, I think that whatever the consensus was, the list owners should enforce it. If the few offending individuals continue to carry on their arguments on-list, the owners should boot them from the list -- at least temporarily -- until they can learn some netiquette.
My $.02...
--Max